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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Aginsky, Bernard W. (Bernard Willard),
1905-
Title:
The mechanics of kinship
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
American anthropologist -- Vol. 37
Published By: Original publisher
American anthropologist -- Vol. 37
Washington, etc.: American Anthropological Association,
etc.. 1935. 450-457 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
B. W. Aginsky
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2000. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Pomo (NS18)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results (121);
Regulation of marriage (582);
Secondary marriages (587);
Kinship terminology (601);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief article, written by B. W. Aginsky, a
professional anthropologist, is an attempt to show whether or not marriage is basically
reflected in the kinship terminology of a given people. To illustrate the working out of
this theory, the author constructs several theoretical kinship systems on the basis of
types of marriage, and then proceeds to show how, in his estimation, this theory holds for
each of these systems. The author shows how this theory actually resolves itself in a real
(i.e., non-theoretical) society -- the Pomo (Hopland Valley, Ukiah Valley and Rincon
Valley). Aginsky concludes that there was a definite selective tendency among the valley
Pomo in the kinship identification passed on from generation to generation.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
9
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
ns18-009
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 456-457)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1934
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 1960
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
not specified
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
California, United States
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pomo Indians
